Engineering Architect, Foundation Group

Gong Gong · Enterprise · Tel Aviv, Israel · Engineering

This role is for an Engineering Architect focused on shaping the technical direction of a Foundation group within Gong, a company that uses AI to transform revenue teams. The architect will provide group-wide technical leadership, engage in hands-on engineering across various domains (Mobile, User Journey, Conversation Management, Shared Components), and guide the design of scalable and extensible systems. A key aspect is driving the adoption of AI-assisted development practices to improve developer productivity and code quality. The role requires extensive backend experience, proven Staff+ level experience, strong system design expertise, and the ability to influence without authority. While the company heavily utilizes AI, this role's primary focus is on enabling engineering excellence and developer productivity through architectural guidance and the adoption of AI tools, rather than directly building AI models or systems.

What you'd actually do

  1. Group-Wide Technical Leadership: Act as a central technical leader across the Foundation group, partnering with multiple teams to shape architecture and execution.
  2. Hands-On Engineering Across Domains: Embed within different teams as needed, contributing directly to design and implementation to deeply understand system constraints and opportunities.
  3. Scalable & Extensible Architecture: Guide teams in designing systems that are scalable, maintainable, and built for long-term evolution, ensuring alignment across domains.
  4. Technical Mentorship & Standards: Mentor engineers across the group, promoting best practices, improving design quality, and raising the overall engineering bar.
  5. AI Development Enablement: Drive the adoption of AI-assisted development practices, helping teams integrate modern tooling to improve velocity and quality.

Skills

Required

  • 10+ years of backend software development
  • strong expertise in Java and modern backend frameworks (e.g., Spring Boot)
  • Proven Staff+ Experience
  • Hands-On and Versatile
  • Deep System Design Expertise
  • Influence Without Authority
  • Mentorship & Technical Leadership
  • Adaptability & Context Switching
  • Forward-Thinking Mindset

Nice to have

  • AI-assisted development practices

What the JD emphasized

  • AI-assisted development practices
  • integrate modern tooling
  • improve velocity and quality
  • leverage AI-assisted tools
  • improve efficiency and code quality
  • AI-assisted development and productivity